Message From The Head Coach

I remember many
years ago sitting in a bus as a 1st year bantam player on a Friday
night heading towards Riverdale to play against the North Shore Lions, thinking that it
was just another football game. I could not have been more wrong. I do not
remember the final score but I do remember that it was a very long bus ride
home. From that night on I knew who the North Shore Lions were. Over the years I have
watched many players that I have coached play for this storied football team on
Friday nights at Riverdale. Many great coaches and players have worn the Lions
colors and it is now up to the 2014 team to play with pride as players have in
the past.

For those of you
that have been a part of any team that I have been involved with, know I am
very energetic and demand maximum effort from my players and coaches. I
surround my team with coaches that will create a positive atmosphere, where the
players are not afraid to make mistakes but encouraged to learn from them. The
players will be challenged on and off the field. The coaches will continue to
treat the players with respect and expect the same in return.

In my 11 years in NorthShore,
I have learned from many great coaches and I can guarantee that we will field a
team that is committed and prepared to compete every minute of every down in
every game.

For the last 47
years many players and coaches have worked very hard to get to the Provincial
Championship and the proof is on the wall in the Lions locker room, 34
championships in 47 years. Well gentlemen it is now our turn to work hard and
get 2014 on that wall.

Respectfully

Coach Terry

Team History

In
the early to mid-1960’s, the North Shore Football League was still in
its infancy and at the time there were four bantam teams that played
amongst themselves in a house-league system. The names that were
chosen for these teams were taken from the western teams in the
CFL. These were the Eskimos, Stampeders, Bombers, and Lions, who,
at the time, were playing their home games at Rive Boisée
park. As it was becoming increasingly difficult to find enough
players to make four bantam teams, a decision was made in 1966 to
disband the four-team system and to create one elite team that was
going to compete the following year at the inter-city level in the
fledgling Metropolitan Bantam Football League (MBFL). They still
needed to come up with a name for the team so it was decided that
whichever of the four existing teams won what would be the last North
Shore championship that year, their name would be used for the new
inter-city team that was to begin competing the following year
in 1967. As it happened, the Lions won that last
championship and this was the creation of the team that we now know
today.

In their inaugural season, under the guidance
of their first head coach, Ron Hutchison, they began what was to become
a winning streak of 42 straight games without a loss and their first of
many provincial championship titles. In 1980, the MBFL fell into
the jurisdiction of the Quebec Amateur Football Federation (QAFF) and
changed to what we now know as the Quebec Bantam Football League
(QBFL). The original MBFL championship trophy was retired and was
presented by Bill Allan, then president of the MBFL and founding father
of the North Shore Football League, to the Lions for having won the
most championships during the time the MBFL existed.

The North Shore Lions have always continued in their commitment to
excellence by fielding the best bantam football team possible and being
dedicated to the athletic, social, and intellectual development of its
players. Many of these players over the years have gone on to
illustrious careers at the university and professional levels and many
more have gone on to accomplish many great things off the football
field as well. The years that a player spends playing bantam
football can be some of the most formative years in a young man’s
life. We hope to provide the players with the most rewarding and
positive experience possible so that they can look back on their years
in bantam football with fond memories and remember what it was like to
be a North Shore Lion.